SORTER CAPTAINS ARE REQUIRED TO:

Set up trash sorting stations (right by large dumpster, which should be right by boat ramp) of whichever Park site you sign up for. There will be a BEACH CAPTAIN that will meet you there with all the supplies

Wear safety vest and gloves (we provide vest) at all times during shift/sorting

Explain to and help 10+ SORTER ASSISTANTS sort and load trash correctly into dumpster

SORTING GUIDELINES:

Filling the dumpster is an activity filled with uncertainty, as you won’t know until the last raft arrives at your assigned park how much material will be collected. As you sort and load the garbage and recyclables into the dumpster please think of how it will look and where everything will be when it gets back to Material Recovery Facility (MRF) on Monday to be processed, recycled and sorted again by employees at the MRF. Also remember that stuff will shift in transport and to try and keep piles/areas relatively the same height and touching. And, at the very end, please make sure the dumpster doors are securely closed.

SAFETY NOTE: Do NOT attempt to open plastic bottles or coolers—especially if they are bloated, foaming and/or have a tube coming out them! These items may be highly toxic. Please leave by dumpster with yellow caution tape.

DO YOUR BEST TO STACK & PILE IN 3 MAIN AREAS IN DUMPSTER:

FRONT – All white SOLVE trash bags & other smaller trash items

RIGHT SIDE – Blue/Yellow recycling bags & other items for recycling

LEFT SIDE – Non-bagged items (large scrap metal & wood)

TOP (LOADED LAST) – Tires

BAGGED GARBAGE

GARBAGE goes in WHITE SOLVE Bags

GARBAGE =

All plastics (except plastic bottles)
All clothing & random items
All broken glass*
*Broken glass can be placed in 5-gallon buckets until at the take-out, then it will need to go in white bags & into the dumpster